I did MOC for several reasons. (1) I have a 2023 album that is missing some pages, so I did about 5 of those. (2) I also had some things to fill in for 2025, especially wanting to ensure I have pictures of our son, as now that he's graduated from college and has been working for a year, he won't live with us for that much longer so I want as many photos / pages as I can. (3) I keep a spreadsheet of all the layouts I've done, back to 1997, and I try to average around 200 per year. 31 layouts in January gives me a good jump-start on that goal.
I would love to be a Polly, guest Polly, or on the design team for any of the stores here. Although I've mellowed with time, I used to be a competitive scrapbooker, entering a lot of contests and publication calls. That got me to scrapbook a lot of pages and styles, which was fun. It also gave me focus. I was the equivalent of a Polly for another site that went out of business in 2016, which is how I ended up here. I haven't designed for anyone since, just for me. So, yes I'd like to be a Polly or on a design team. Absolutely. But I'm relaxed about it. This year, I didn't use MOC as a month-long contest entry; rather, I got specific layouts that I needed to get done, done.
Thank you for the opportunity.